Life gets so busy and time is going so fast. I scroll through pictures in my phone and am amazed at how grown the boys are. Finn reminds me of things like, "I only have two more Spring Breaks until I go to college." And y'all, it is so hard. So, I am hitting the pause button more often, with them and for me. .This past spring break, we headed to Northwest Arkansas for me to work, for the boys to play, and for Finn to get an up close tour of the Nanoscience building by the department head. ... View the Post
I Embraced My Amazing in the Steakhouse Bathroom
I look back at this post I wrote over four years ago, and it is so much more relevant today. And, a great reminder. --------- Call Bruno, I finally had my moment, yes, I am amazing. I watched Oprah for years. I even read Ekart Tolle's book "A New Earth" where I learned ways to break through the vanity and pride of the ego. I have heard many well-known social media superstars talk about drawing healthy boundaries. And, I know all the scriptures. From the beginning, I knew I needed to be ... View the Post
Behold, I Will Do Something New. What? Wait!
Update to this post. Our sweet nephew, after almost three years, is now living with his dad and doing fine. What I know for sure, every child deep in their hearts wants their parents love, acceptance and attention. And, the teenage years are hard, sistahs!! ------- Fourteen years ago, Finn was born and he changed our world. For the better, the oh so much better. Three years and one miscarriage later, Hays came along. We poured our life into our children. Homeschooling them, creating an ... View the Post
Pecan Pie Deliciousness
I think that life is a lot like pie. What we fill it with will determine how sweet and enjoyable it will be for others and ourselves. What we fill it with determines the course of our life. It's the most wonderful time of the year! Spending time with good people, celebrating our Savior's birth, making friends delicious food, and a lot of dirty dishes (o.k. that I could live without the dishes). Pecan pie is an overly sweet, crunchy, gooey centered wonder that contains nearly as many ... View the Post
Arkansas Sunday Drive ~ Ponca
We love living on an Arkansas State Park. However, one thing we have to be diligent about is leaving it. Y'all come here for vacation, we leave for vacation. We do spend a lot of our weekends at our cabin in the woods. But then sometimes things like this happen that bring along a WOWZERS moment...... Isn't it beautiful? In just over 24 hours, we received 4.1 inches of rain here at the park and the waterfall was ROARING. We all went to the overlook to check it out. Little Buckaroo sat in ... View the Post
Tailgating in the South with Ham-Stuffed Biscuits with Apple Butter
We plan weddings around bye weekends, put on our Sunday best a day early; and set up makeshift living rooms under tents complete with our great-grandmother’s silver, floral arrangements and flat-screen TVs outside the stadiums. Welcome to tailgate season in the South. Where I’m from, tailgating isn’t just a way to kill time before kickoff. It’s a daylong ritual, a family reunion, class reunion, fashion show, foodie’s dream event and cocktail hour all in one. No party is complete ... View the Post